Totally Guitars Weekly Wrap Up March 15th, 2019

by admin on March 16, 2019

This week the sun has finally come back to Northern California but I am sorry for those in the MidWest with the big storms that have been rolling through. As we get into St. Patrick’s Day weekend I have been working on a couple traditional Irish tunes but only one made its appearance this week, Down By The Salley Gardens. I started this week’s video with a run through of it, along with the next one I have under construction, The Star Of The County Down. That one has proved more difficult than I thought, mostly with decisions to be made on the key, harmony, and rhythmic feel. I hope to do a few different versions and have part of it early next week.

I talked a bit about some of the obstacles I let enter the equation as I am considering more complicated instrumentals but that is the direction I am leaning toward in the next few weeks. I played a bit of some of the contenders, and also another old Irish tune I like, The Blacksmith. At the end I ran through a pretty abstract version of Windy And Warm, as I noticed how fun my Santa Cruz guitar is to play after its major repair.